Session #40 6-12/9/9/2214 Tamalcan and Garadu (lvl 13-14)

M7 Dumet (September) - 6am/6pm (1/7 is the Autumn Equinox, festival of Set)
M8 Abron (October) - 9am/3pm > TWILIGHT (15/8 is first day of no sunrise, festival of Tiamat) 27/8 Harvest festival of Kishar
M9 Ulon (November) - LONG NIGHT (no sunrise all month, full dark)
M10 Tisra (December) - LONG NIGHT (1/10 is Winter Solstice, festival of Nergal. No sunrise all month)
M11 Samnu (January) -  TWILIGHT (15/11 is last day of no sunrise, 16/11 festival of Azura)

NPCs at Tower
Sang Var, Wizard of the Black Circle
Kegarazhi, Sang Var's Daray guide.

Pyriador NPCs
Warthar Snowcloak, aged Druid of the 12 stones, dislikes Zerda (& vice-versa).

Garadu NPCs
Captain Azur Kang, gate captain at Garadu.
Balaku, Wizard of Garadu, rumoured to be part-Simian, small hunched and hairy. Crooked tower, wand of minor magics.
Valeska, voluptuous senior Priestess of Tiamat at Garadu, age ca 30. Level 3+ spells.

6/9/2214 - A little after midnight, rest then ascend to ruined library. Search library finding shards of stone shape spell. Ascend to snake mouth, kill three tough winged apes. Vorstag and Aeshma Cursed when Zerda touches the Eye of Azura embedded in the forehead of Tamalcan's withered corpse. Take his staff of charming and the Eye of Azura, rest then feather fall back to ground. Meet with Sang Var, Kegarazhi and co. Zerda tries to recruit Kegarazhi while Aeshma discusses the End of the World with Sang Var; he agrees the Black Circle will seek out Aeshma and co if the threat of the Pale Hand, Hyperborean servants of the Great Doom, becomes too great. Reach camp outside jungle, rest until afternoon then ride for Pyriador. Reach Pyriador late at night. Seek aid from the Druid of the 12 Stones, he can't help.

7/9/2214 Ride for Garadu, on the plains encounter a Margish patrol - Aeshma kills all their horses with a single spell. Vorstag & Aeshma camp outside while Zerda enters Marg, talks to a strange wizard, and brings back a voluptuous Priestess of Tiamat, who draws out the curses on Aeshma & Vorstag.

To ca 12/9/2214: Party returns to Quodeth, where there is much celebration. Zerda visits the Marsesk to tell them how he freed the soul of Princess Shabira, and plans to have the Eye of Azura carved into two linked rings for himself and Deyane, but only the gem masters of Kal Zinan have such skill. Vorstag meets Princess Jania Sedarnel and plans to go south again to visit the Temple of the White Apes. Aeshma meets with Kalesh Gan and they discuss cooperation between the Guardians of the Nine and the Black Circle of Thran.